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• Durham, Newcastle and York universities to be hit by 14 days of strike action

  17-02-2020 19:56 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  THE universities of Durham, Newcastle and York are bracing for 14 days of strike action, with the first walk-out taking place on Thursday.
  
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• Residents thanked for 'patience and support' during York floods

  17-02-2020 19:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL chiefs have thanked York residents for their "patience and support" during the city's flood alert.
  
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• Eastbound A64 near Tadcaster blocked by crash

  17-02-2020 19:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE eastbound A64 has been blocked near Tadcaster by a crash.
  
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• Storm Dennis: Misery as floods return to North Yorkshire

  17-02-2020 18:35 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  CARS were submerged, properties flooded and dozens of roads closed as the region battled natures latest deluge.
  
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• Floods return to region

  17-02-2020 18:35 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  CARS were submerged, properties flooded and dozens of roads closed as the region battled natures latest deluge.
  
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• Police officer rescues couple

  17-02-2020 18:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A QUICK-THINKING police officer has been hailed as a hero after rescuing two people in their 60s from their smoke-filled house in York.
  
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• Woman discovered she is intersex aged in her 40s

  17-02-2020 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sara Gillingham had undergone operations as a child but it was only as an adult she found out why.
  
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• Feversham Lodge to be turned into assisted living home

  17-02-2020 16:44 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK guesthouse is set to be turned into a care home.
  
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• £3.15m supercomputer to be based at Durham University

  17-02-2020 16:32 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A NEW £3.15m supercomputer used by universities and industry researchers will be housed at Durham.
  
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• The nine pet laws you probably didn't know existed

  17-02-2020 16:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  We're a nation of pet lovers - but are you aware of some of the more unusual laws which could land you in trouble?
  
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• Shop thief claimed he was a "psychopath"

  17-02-2020 15:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A TRAVELLING shoplifter who told York Designer Centre staff he was a psychopath has been jailed for 29 weeks.
  
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• Anglo-Saxon invasion at Westfield School in York

  17-02-2020 14:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PUPILS from a school in York were given the chance to see how people lived during the Anglo-Saxon era.
  
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• Schoolgirls from across York celebrate annual Hovercraft Day

  17-02-2020 14:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK school played host to the seventh annual Hovercraft Day.
  
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• Dealer caught cycling through York with nearly £2,000 of drugs

  17-02-2020 14:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE caught a drug dealer cycling through York with nearly £2,000 of his illegal stock at 1.25am, the city’s crown court heard.
  
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• Custody "broke me" says anti social youth

  17-02-2020 13:57 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE LAST of the five youths who caused £76,000 damage in a city centre flats complex has told York Crown Court jail has reformed him.
  
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• Selby College invests in new manufacturing facility

  17-02-2020 13:46 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PLANS are in place at Selby College to buy and install a state-of-the-art automated manufacturing facility and associated equipment within its engineering department.
  
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• Wildflowers set to bloom in York suburb

  17-02-2020 13:28 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TREE and wildflower planting is getting underway - as residents and councillors look forward to spring in the city.
  
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• Boost after theft at Poppleton United Football Club

  17-02-2020 13:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK football club which has been struggling financially since its tractor was stolen in 2017 has received a £500 donation towards the cost of buying a new one.
  
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• Views sought on air quality plan for North Yorkshire

  17-02-2020 13:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PEOPLE in North Yorkshire are being asked for their views on air pollution.
  
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• Lost dog discovered in boot of car after police pursuit

  17-02-2020 12:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A FRENCH bulldog was discovered in the back of a car following a police chase.
  
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• FLOODS: river levels have peaked in York at 4.41 metres above normal

  17-02-2020 11:07 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  River levels have now peaked in York and are set to fall slowly through the rest of the day.
  
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• FLOODS: anxious wait as river levels continue to rise today in York

  17-02-2020 10:09 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York is braced for further flooding today as river levels along the Ouse continue to rise.
  
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• Grand Opera House survives York floods unscathed

  17-02-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STAFF at York’s Grand Opera House were breathing sighs of relief this afternoon after it narrowly escaped being inundated by floodwaters from the River Ouse.
  
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• Grand Opera House staff make preparations for flooding from the Ouse

  17-02-2020 09:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  STAFF at York’s Grand Opera House are today on a knife-edge as they wait to see whether it is inundated by floodwaters from the River Ouse.
  
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• Two people rescued from house fire in York

  17-02-2020 09:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO people were rescued from a house fire in York last night.
  
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• Fire spreads from garage to house in Huntington Road, York

  17-02-2020 08:43 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TWO people have been rescued from a burning house in York and taken to hospital.
  
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• Meet food heroes behind York's vegan boom

  17-02-2020 07:30 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Veganism is big business now – and Yorkshire is leading the boom. MAXINE GORDON reports on the profits to be found in plants
  
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• Life on the Terry's farm - great photos from the Knowles family whom farmed there...

  17-02-2020 07:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  HIGHLAND cattle at Terry's? What's going on here?
  
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• A brief history of the medieval church cottages in York's North Street

  17-02-2020 06:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  WE have the potted history of a building for you this week. It's not a particularly famous building: but it is very distinctive.
  
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• ‘There’s no need to sleep rough in York’, say council chiefs

  17-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL bosses have given rough sleepers a clear message after clearing a York shop doorway of their cardboard and litter: “There is no need to rough sleep in York.”
  
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• Arsonist who put lives at risk when he targeted tea rooms is jailed

  17-02-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  AN ARSONIST who repeatedly targeted a cafe and put the lives of six people at risk has been jailed at York Crown Court.
  
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• Tributes to ‘brilliant’ academic Alix Beaumont after death at 36

  17-02-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a “brilliant” and “irreplaceable” University of York academic and lecturer who tragically died from cancer aged just 36.
  
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• Ouse flooding set to peak at 4.6 metres above normal by lunchtime

  17-02-2020 00:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE River Ouse in York had risen to 4.38 metres above normal summer levels by 8am today - with the Environment Agency expecting it to peak at 4.6 metres by lunchtime.
  
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• Agency issues conflicting figures for Ouse peak flooding levels

  17-02-2020 00:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A GLIMMER of hope emerged tonight that flooding from the Ouse in York might not be as bad as was originally feared by the Environment Agency.
  
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